Beverley Hopper
Position/Status
Course Manager Early Years and Primary PGCE
Lecturer in Early Years and Primary Education
First Appointments Tutor
E-mail Address: bah22@cam.ac.uk
Phone: 01223 767543
Qualifications
MA (Education), Certificate of Education
Profile
Currently involved in teaching (Professional Studies, Physical Education, First Aid, Health and Safety) and supporting schools and trainee teachers during professional placements. First Appointments Tutor - liaising with Local Authorities/schools and advising trainees about their first teaching posts
Academic Area/Links
- Professional Studies
- First Appointments - trainee teachers securing their first teaching posts
- Physical Education in the primary school
Research Topics
- Teacher status
- Training through employment-based routes
- Learning through practice/theory
- Pupil voice
- Physical Education in ITE courses
Current Research Projects
- Teacher Status project
- GTP course evaluation
- Physical Education in ITE generalist courses
Course Involvement
- Early Years PGCE
- Primary PGCE
- Primary Graduate Teacher Programme
- KS2/3 and secondary courses through First Appointment Tutor role
Publications
Bricheno, P., Hopper B. and Younger,M. (2006) 'Employment-based routes into teacher education: pragmatic and realistic or minimalistic and reductionist? Experiences from a Graduate Teacher Programme in Eastern England. ' Paper presented at ECER Conference, University of Geneva, Sept 2006.
Bricheno, P., Hopper B. and Younger,M. (2006) 'Towards a model for a successful, high quality employment-based route into teaching' Paper presented at BERA Conference, University of Warwick, Sept 2006.
Hargreaves, L. and Hopper, B. 'Early years, low status? Early years teachers' perceptions of their occupational status in England.' Early Years, Vol 26, No. 2, July 2006, pp.171-186.
Demetriou, H. and Hopper, B. (2006). 'Some things are fair, some things are not fair and some things are not, NOT fair': young children's experiences of 'unfairness' in school'. Thiessen, D. and Cook-Sather, A. (eds.) The International Handbook of Student Experience of Elementary and Secondary School. Springer Science.
Hopper, B. 'Confronting one's own demons', The British Journal of Teaching Physical Education, Spring 2005, Vol. 36, No.1.
Hopper, B.A., (2001) 'The Role of the HEI Tutor in Initial Teacher Education Professional Placements'. Mentoring and Tutoring, Vol.9, No. 3, 2001.
Hopper, B., Grey, J. and Maude, T. (2000) 'Teaching Physical Education in the Primary School'. London, Routledge (175pp).
Teaching materials: Contributory author and consultant (2000) 'Games in the Primary School - Integrating the TOPS Scheme.' An extensive and detailed document/teaching scheme for schools Cambridgeshire County Council.
Everton, T.C., Hopper B.A. and Thwaites, E.A. (1999) 'Student Teachers in Primary Schools: the view of pupils'. Teacher Development Vol 3, No.1, 1999 (65-78pp).
Hopper, B and Sparks Linfield, R. Science through Physical Education or and Physical Education'. Primary Science and Technology Today, 9, (11-12pp).